Featuring cspans original series, first ladies influence and image on 8 p. M. Eastern time sunday nights throughout the rest of the year. Cspan produced the series in cooperation with the White House Historical cooperations. Through conversations with experts, video tours and questions with the audience, we tell the stories of americas 45 first ladies. Mamie eisenhower on first ladies, influence and image. This is about 90 minutes. Today, it is our pleasure to entertain for the first time, our first lady, at this her belated Birthday Party. To mamie many happy returns. To mamie with music, 160 million join in our chorus. To mamie with music, to mamie, with love. Susan swain a birthday tribute to Mamie Eisenhower, televised nationally by cbs in march of 1956, just a few weeks after her husband, president Dwight Eisenhower, announced his bid for reelection. Tonight, 1950s america and the life and times of first lady Mamie Eisenhower. Good evening and welcome to cspan series, first ladies
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After her husband announced his bid for reelection. Tonight, the life and times of Mamie Eisenhower. Good evening and welcome. Tonight is Mamie Eisenhowers turn. Here to tell us about her life are two people who spent a lifetime with the first lady. We have a historian and author of a biography. We also welcome back edith. She has been one of our guiding forces on first ladies. Nice to be back. What should we take away watching that video about her popularity, about the use of television . The film clip you show from the birthday celebration, this was shown in an election year, and immediately the democrats want equal time, because this is in their view a campaign ad. William haley, president of cbs, and a close friend of the eisenhowers says, its not equal time because this is nonpolitical entertainment with the first lady. Obviously, her birthday is in november. We are just a few days away from it right now. Obviously there was some political background to this, but if you watch the
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